Back in 2008 when I was first introduced to WordPress, NextGEN Gallery was the first gallery plugin I installed because it was one of the few gallery plugins that I found to have the highest ratings. Today on the web, you continue to find NextGEN included in almost all of the 'Top Ten' gallery plugins lists, because it continues to be the most robust gallery plugin on the WordPress market. Now that Photocrati owns the gallery plugin, I know that its future will continue to be as exciting as it has been for the past 5 years that I have been using the plugin and all the extension plugins that have been developed for it. I can't wait for v2.0! :)